Article: Recession- fighting measure benefiting thousands in wale; The Welsh Assembly Government's ProAct scheme has received UK-wide praise as one of the best initiatives devised to counter the impact of the recession on companies. Business Editor S i Y n B a r r y assesses its progress.

Byline: Sin Barry

FORTY-THREE companies across Wales are benefiting from the Welsh Assembly Government's ProAct scheme The initiative, which provides employee wage and training subsidies for companies, was launched in January with a pounds 48m funding pot - of which pounds 38m is EU-backed.

It was established after the first economic summit called by the Welsh Assembly Government last autumn - which involved a variety of stakeholders in the public and private sectors looking to devise measures to ease the impact of the ...

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